Trąbka trębacza nie trąbi, gdy trębacz siedzi na trąbie.
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Translation
The trumpeter's trumpet doesn't trumpet when the trumpeter sits on the trumpet.
Vocabulary
- trąbka — trumpet (diminutive of 'trąba')
- trębacz — trumpeter (genitive: trębacza)
- trąbić — to trumpet, to play the trumpet (3rd sg. present: trąbi)
- trąba — trumpet; also: trunk (of an elephant) (locative: trąbie)
Grammar note
'Trąbka trębacza' — 'trębacza' is the genitive of possession (the trumpeter's trumpet). 'Nie trąbi' — negated 3rd person singular present. 'Na trąbie' — locative after 'na' (on/upon).
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